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Cyphase on Oct 31, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an ap...

> I used to argue for Bitcoin, but at $6K that's crazy.

Well, Bitcoin may not be good for micropayments, but that's not the reason; you don't have to have integer numbers of bitcoin, you can have 0.00016666 bitcoins (~$1 at $6k/BTC).

hossbeast on Oct 31, 2017 | [–]

Lightning Network, coming soon to a blockchain near you.

japano1se on Oct 31, 2017 | | [–]

Real Soon Now™. It's pretty much vaporware at this point.

splintercell on Nov 1, 2017 | | | [–]

What about Raiden (for Ethereum) though, it is already on the test network.

mirimir on Oct 31, 2017 | [–]

Yes. But it's the transaction fees. Sorry to not make that clear.

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